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Member Since: 07/06/2007
Band Website: www.curiosmusic.com
Band Members: Tom Cawley - piano
Sam Burgess - bass
Joshua Blackmore - drums
Influences: Brad Mehldau; Phineas Newborn, Jr.; Rufus Wainwright; Wynton Kelly; Ahmed Jamal; Django Bates; Debussy; Chopin; Schubert; J.S. Bach; Sufjan Stevens; James Taylor; Stevie Wonder; Paul Simon; Acoustic Ladyland; Polar Bear; Hermeto Pascoal; Students at the Royal Academy Of Music.
Sounds Like: Reviews of Closer:
"Intricate, witty and profoundly musical, Curios have become, within two albums, the most formidable piano trio in the UK." MOJO magazine
"Three sharp musical minds in perfect accord." The Obsever
"An album of subtelty and nuance, this is a quintessentially English type of treasure." BBC Music
"Puts the group up with the world-class practitioners of this intricate and intimate kind of jazz." **** The Guardian
"While lots of jazz pianists are technical whizzes, Cawley can touch the heart, too." The Times
"Continually compelling its dynamic variety, bristling energy and sheer musical adventurousness." vortexjazz.co.uk
"Closer shows off Cawley's improvising skills to dazzling effect." Metro
"As good a piano trio album as you're likely to hear all year." TheJazzMan.com
Record Label: Impure Music
Type of Label: Indie